On March 3^rd, 2015, The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a Proclamation recognizing the YANA volunteers (You Are Not Alone).

Being alone is one of the greatest fears older adults have as they grow older. The YANA Program has been credited with saving the lives of many older adults who live alone and have fallen or become sick during the night. For the past 16 years through the dedicated efforts of the S.T.A.R. (the Sheriff’s Teams of Active Retirees) Program and volunteers with the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, YANA volunteers have provided daily telephone calls to our most vulnerable seniors and disabled adults living in El Dorado County.  This is a free service, seven days a week and 365 days a year.

In partnership with the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency Director Don Ashton and El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini, the YANA volunteers last year served over 400 people and contributed over 1250 volunteer hours.

During the Proclamation, Sheriff D’Agostini and Director Ashton thanked these dedicated and wonderful volunteers who have saved the county well over a half million dollars. Sheriff’s Office STAR Program volunteers Jack and Mary Pratt, Carolyn Selby, Michael Slusher, Frances Christiansen, and Lea Snowden along with El Dorado County Health and Human Services volunteers Ellen Yevdakimov, Doris Nasson, Jenny Figuero, and Kitty Hamilton were honored for their contribution and commitment to the YANA Program and their community. Director Ashton read a note from one of the seniors thanking the volunteers.  Two members in the audience made their way to the podium and personally thanked the volunteers for calling on them.  One speaker even joked, “Thank you for calling even when I wasn’t there…but you kept calling until you got me.”  For any questions, information, or referrals, contact YANA at (530) 621-6255.

The suspect from this morning’s shooting on Country Club Drive was booked into the El Dorado County Jail by detectives. Joseph Hinds of Cameron Park has been charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Domestic Violence. He is currently in custody on $75,000 bail.
Lt. Tom Murdoch

At approximately 0236 hours, the Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding a shooting that just occurred at a residence in the 2600 block of Country Club Drive in Cameron Park. At the scene, deputies located 54 year-old David Klinker in the residence with a gunshot to the abdomen. Klinker received medical treatment at the scene and was transported to a hospital where he is in surgery. He is expected to survive.
Deputies learned the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute between the married couple who live in the residence. Sometime during the event the wife called her father for help. Her father is David Klinker. After Klinker arrived, he was shot by the husband. The exact circumstances of how the shooting occurred are currently under investigation.
The husband was identified as 33 year-old Joseph Hinds. Hinds was not at the residence when deputies arrived. By 0435 hours, he was located at an uninvolved residence in El Dorado County and was taken into custody without incident. The handgun allegedly used in the shooting was also recovered.
About a half block of Country Club Drive in Cameron Park was closed this morning as detectives and crime scene investigators processed the area for evidence. No person’s outside of the immediate family were involved. Joseph Hinds is cooperating with detectives however is potentially facing criminal charges.
Lt. Tom Murdoch
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If Joseph Hinds is booked into the jail, an update will be posted to include a booking photo.